Thai Envoy Proposes Group to Address Logging
The Thai Ambassador in Phnom Penh has suggested that Cambodia form a special delegation to tackle the common – and often deadly – practice of illegal logging along the two countries’ shared border, the ambassador said yesterday. Already this year, 11 Cambodians have reportedly been shot dead by Thai troops while in search of lucrative rosewood trees inside Thailand. Fifteen Cambodians were killed under similar circumstances in all of 2011. Ambassador Sompong Sanguanbun said he made the suggestion at a meeting with Foreign Affairs Ministry Secretary of State Long Visalo yesterday morning. …
